William Nicholas White

William “Bill” Nicholas White, 76, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2021, at his home in Travelers Rest, SC. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Francis White and Mary Barbi White. Bill proudly served his country in the US Army and was a Christian. While in high school, Bill participated in football, baseball and found his liking for amateur wrestling. It was in 1964 after a short stint in the Army, while living is Florida, Bill went to do some roofing work at a camp that promotor Eddie Graham was holding, and at that time WWE Hall of Famer Jack Brisco was in town to do a wrestling demonstration for the kids. Since Bill wrestled in high school and they couldn’t find anybody to help with the demonstration they asked Bill and he helped putting on the demonstration. Not soon after that he was asked if he wanted to try out to be a professional wrestler, so he tried out, got a call the next day and the rest is history. He attended many wrestling events and based on his demonstrated potential he began his wrestling career in Nashville, TN under the direction of promotor, Nick Gulas. Bill traveled to Southern California, where he worked for Roy Shire from 1965 to 1967. In that period, he wrestled the likes of Ray Stevens, Pat Patterson, and Mr. Fuji. Soon after that he took his talents and began wrestling for Vincent J. McMahon’s World Wide Wrestling Federation where his wrestled such notables as Johnny Rodz, Jimmy Valiant, Victor Rivera, Don Muraco and Chief Jay Strongbow (Joe Scarpa). Bill wrestled under such names as The Scorpion, Destroyer, Blue Demon, Red Devil #2, “Wild” Bill White, Tag Team Duo – Mask Medics, Cowboy Bill, and Bill White. Bill was able to pull off different matches and make fans believe there were different wrestlers under each mask. Tagged as the bad guy, Bill carried that image and made a living as the person that fans loved to hate. Bill toured for both All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling and had a very successful period while wrestling in World Class Championship Wrestling where he won the Texas Tag Team title with El Gran Goliath in February of 1979. In 1981, Bill wrestled for Eddie Graham in Georgia Championship Wrestling working for “Bullet” Bob Armstrong and soon after that he began working for Jim Crockett Promotions working alongside wrestling legends, most notably “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. On June 10, 2006, Bill was inducted as an honoree into the Cauliflower Alley Club as a wrestler for his years of accomplishments and dedication to the wrestling business. To be inducted you must have more than 20 years of service in the wrestling business and have worked for multiple organizations and promotions across the country. Bill loved playing cribbage, thus at the annual Cauliflower Alley Club reunions he participated in “The Destroyer” Cribbage Tournament where he won three championships in 2007, 2011 and 2016. After retiring from the wrestling ring in 1987, Bill worked as a truck driver for Central Transport, was an insurance adjuster, a certified scuba diver and continued in the wrestling business as a professional wrestling trainer. Bill is survived by his children: William (Lynn) Jenkins, Nathen (Allison) White, Bryan (Jo) White, Chris (Rhonda) White, Aaron (Anna) White, Beverly Hawkins (Fiancé Tim), Jason Perry, Billy Perry, Nicole Perry, Benjamin (Ginger) White and Audrey (Belinda) White; brother: Harry (Mary Ann) Eberly; special niece: Joan Marie Dawson (Scott); special great-niece: Morgan Dawson; 21 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Along with his parents, Bill was predeceased by a brother: Joey Barbi; sister: Catherine Couchoud and great-grandson: Xavier Michael William. A visitation will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. at The Howze Mortuary. Funeral service will follow the visitation in the Howze Mortuary Chapel at 11:45 a.m. Burial will be at M.J. Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson, SC.

William Nicholas White

February 27, 1945 - September 6, 2021